Access to Justice (司法公正)

U.S. calls for China to release Christian lawyer ahead of President’s Xi Jinping’s state visit
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854631/us-calls-china-release-christian-lawyer-ahead

Four activists held in China's Guangdong over lawyer campaign T-shirts
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tshirts-09012015105022.html

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Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 14, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/mass-suppression-lawyers-reveals-true-nature-xis-rule-law
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/dui-wei-quan-lu-shi-de-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-jie-shi-liao-xi-jin-ping-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de

The case of Wang Yu, emblem of China's human rights crackdown
The Guardian, September 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/the-case-of-wang-yu-emblem-of-chinas-human-rights-crackdown

中国修订刑法：拐卖妇女儿童买方一律入罪 (China has revised criminal law: equal criminalization for purchasing trafficked women or children)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 2, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/09/150902_china_criminal_law_abducted_women

Access to Information (信息公开)

马英九：中共自称领导抗战令人遗憾 (Ma Ying-jeou: CPC’s claim to have led the War of Resistance is regrettable)
Voice of America, September 2, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ma-yingjiu-20150902/2941896.html

“If China is not to blame, then who is?”
China Digital Times, September 1, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/if-china-is-not-to-blame-then-who-is/

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Call for Chinese authorities to free reporter detained over “false” stock market crash story
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854427/call-chinese-authorities-free-reporter-detained-over

“Authorities should deliver an honest explanation”: First comments by Tianjin’s ex-party boss—now current vice-premier—on disaster response
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1854385/state-media-carries-comments-first-time-tianjins-ex

3 Chinese missiles to look out for during the September 3 parade
The Diplomat, September 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/revealed-chinas-secret-censorship-instructions-for-its-military-parade/

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Beijing closes down, while schools are told to praise Party ahead of war parade
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/shutters-09012015115321.html

娱乐节目为纪念抗战让路 中国观众表示不满 (Chinese audience unhappy that War of Resistance remembrance programs will be broadcast instead of entertainment)
Deutsche Welle, September 1, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/娱乐节目为纪念抗战让路-中国观众表示不满/a-18687766

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rebel without a country
Foreign Policy, September 2, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/31/chinas-most-infamous-political-cartoonist-dissident-tokyo-japan-exile-rebel-pepper/

德国西藏倡议组织与藏人协会联合在中国驻德使馆前举办悼念丹增德勒仁波切活动 (Tibetan organizations hold vigil at Chinese Embassy in Berlin for Lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who died in Chinese jail)
Radio Free Asia, September 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/gr-09012015103908.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

从“口头”到“书面”——防城港市立案登记制度改革综述(From oral to written: a general narrative of the reform of Fangchenggang City’s case filing system)
Fangchenggang City News, September 1, 2015
http://www.fcgsnews.com/news/hot/2015-9-1/73326.shtml

Deadly explosions highlight China workplace dangers
Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/deadly-explosions-highlight-china-workplace-dangers-1441100168

国务院：居住证管理办法等立法力争年内完成(State Council Legislative Plan for Remainder of 2015: We will strive to ensure Management Measures for Residential Permits and other legislation will be completed by year-end)
China News, September 2, 2015
http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20150902/20320824.html

UN Ambassador Power highlights plight of women prisoners
Voice of America, September 1, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/ambassador-power-highlights-plight-women-prisoners/2941850.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese iPhone users hit by “KeyRaider” malware
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34114487

Quantum computing and Alibaba’s leap of faith
ChinaFile, September 1, 2015
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/caixin-media/quantum-computing-and-alibabas-leap-faith

美国准备对中国黑客实施制裁 (U.S. to sanction Chinese hackers)
Financial Times, September 1, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063761

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy activists arrested for obstructing Mong Kok clearance have summons discharged
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1854490/occupy-activists-arrested-obstructing-mong-kok-clearance

HKU alumni vote overwhelmingly to remove CY Leung as chancellor
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/02/hku-alumni-vote-overwhelmingly-to-remove-cy-leung-as-chancellor/

Related:
港大毕业生议会通过动议：要校委会30日内任命副校 取消特首兼任校监 (HKU alumni association passes motion: Council to appoint pro-vice chancellor within 30 days, Chief Executive shall not be the chancellor of the university)
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/14f8cd80339a94a/gang-da-bi-ye-sheng-yi-hui-tong-guo-dong-yi-yao-xiao-wei-hui-30-nei-ren-ming-fu-xiao-qu-xiao-te-shou-jian-ren-xiao-jian

Leader of Hong Kong democracy protests Joshua Wong to face trial
The Guardian, September 2, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/leader-of-hong-kong-democracy-protests-joshua-wong-to-face-trial

Only three pan-dems invited to Beijing military parade
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/09/02/only-three-pan-dems-invited-to-beijing-military-parade/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Explosions in China: The links between Party rule and business corruption.
The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/explosions-in-china-1441150618

大阅兵与大管制 (The massive parade and its massive restrictions)
Financial Times, September 2, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063763

依宪执政五人谈: 依宪治国离不开律师 (A five-person discussion: ruling the country according to the constitution cannot be done without the lawyers)
Yanhuang Chunqiu, September 2, 2015
http://www.yhcqw.com/html/tg/2015/89/158921443HGB6K9915E891DHDD22IGHAB_3.html

保护举报人法律要更给力(The law needs to better protect whistleblowers)
Legal Daily, September 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150902/Articel07004GN.htm